Wind Farms In Pacific Northwest May Shut Down Due To Power Surplus
May 20, 2011
Another story about infrastructure to support energy production.
Full Story [huffingtonpost.com]
MIT Study: Biofuels Not Necessarily Greenest Choice
May 20, 2011
Results from a 4-year study of 14 diesel and jet fuel sources made from feedstocks.
Wind Expansion Divides Community
May 19, 2011
The realities of building infrastructure.
How Bill Gates Would Solve the Climate Crisis
May 19, 2011
A Q&A with Bill.
You Think Canadian Gasoline Prices Are High?
May 19, 2011
Well, actually they are compared to what we’re used to paying, but compared to the rest of the world our gasoline is a bargain. And the reason isn’t that gasoline by itself is so expensive, it’s the taxes other countries put on gasoline. In fact throughout Europe, gasoline prices including tax are more than double the prices excluding tax.
On May 2, prices for gasoline excluding taxes ranged from a low of $0.95 per litre in the U.S. to a high of $1.02 in Italy. Taxes in the U.S. and Canada were $0.10 per litre and $0.39 per litre respectively, while taxes in Europe ranges from $0.88 in the U.K. to $1.40 in the Netherlands.
Hillary Clinton Takes Seat at Arctic Council
May 19, 2011
Positioning to tackle the big issues of oil and gas exploration vs the environment in the Arctic?
Full Story [green.blogs.nytimes.com]
A Rhetorical Blowout
May 18, 2011
The politics of gas pricing.
Chevy Volt to be Assembled at Solar-powered Plant
May 18, 2011
Will lower energy costs for production result in a less expensive Volt?
A Good Year for Oil, Not So Good for Gas
May 18, 2011
Oil and gas producers in Western Canada are more confident than in 2009, according to PwC’s Canadian Energy Annual Survey, released May 17, 2011.
The growing optimism is the result of a 26 per cent increase in revenue, a 15 per cent increase in cash flow, and a 113 per cent increase in profits. And most of this is due to increasing oil prices, up 27.9 percent to $79.98 US from $62.55 US in 2009. The rebound in oil prices allowed industry to increase capital spending almost 44 per cent to $56 billion US.
The upturn also attracted foreign companies who invested more than $17 billion in Canadian oil and gas assets during 2010.
Technologies such as horizontal drilling and multi-stage fracturing also played a role in helping oil producers access resources that a few years ago would have been uneconomical to produce. The same technologies were too successful on the natural gas side, leading to a supply glut and depressed prices for the second consecutive year. Some natural gas producers have reduced gas-directed drilling; some are shutting in gas until the market recovers.
Development of unconventional resources has raised environmental concerns, resulting again in a call for a national energy strategy.
US Department of Energy Outlines ‘Vital and Urgent’ Strategy
May 18, 2011
energy security + climate change = urgent
Full Story [energyefficiencynews.com]
